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Your votes are in!Bergen’s cutest baby
Jersey’s top 10 film moments
Health watch• Can you make your
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• 5 facts food labels don’t tell
• Take the hint! Your body’s health clues
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Essential BergenThe loaf of the Irish Here’s how our judgesranked the local soda-bread offerings.
Our next cover girl! Last year, more than 100 local beauties competed inthis first-ever contest. Could this year’s winner be you?
Health watch· Updates on staying well · Take the hint · Canyou make your baby smarter? · 5 facts labels don’ttell you
Glorious foodThis spud’s for you Cheap, versatile and nutritious, the plentiful potato is a wonder food.
Bergen gourmetRock on! Expect a delightful mix of classic Italianand seasonal cuisine at Rocca in Glen Rock.
Where to eat Your local dining guide
Be there! Events you won’t want to miss
End notesA chat with ... Bruno Jamais The 49-year-oldParisian, an Englewood resident and former maitre d’at Manhattan’s famous Daniel, on cars, food and how—despite a setback—life’s still moving full speed ahead.
Spotlight / The long road homeHaiti has always loomed large in the music of Saddle River hip-hop star Wyclef Jean, but this year’s earthquake put him at the epicenter of therelief effort—and some controversy.
Jersey’s top 10 film momentsOur panel of movie experts shares its picks.
At home / Game day ... every dayA fun-loving Ho-Ho-Kus family transforms a formal living room into a lively billiards space.
Escapes / Have a ball in CooperstownBaseball may be the diamond in this hamlet’s crown,but the area offers a whole roster of family-friendly fun.
Bergen’s cutest baby!Meet the winner and 5 runners-up.
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IT NEVER FAILS: OUR FAVORITE ISSUES OF THEyear are always those that rely on you, our neighbors, giving us a peek into your world. We love hearing youropinions, learning all about you and, in this case, meetingyour beloved bundles of joy.
Our first-ever “cutest baby” contest was both apleasure and a success. A simple glance at page 53 willoffer ample proof of that. There you’ll find snapshots of allthe 80+ adorable entrants—a group that was whittleddown to our top six thanks to more than 2,000 onlinevotes. In “Bergen’s Cutest Baby,” we introduce you to thewinner and five runners-up.
In this issue we also get up-close-and-personal witha man who’s been one of our county’s most visible resi-dents in recent months: hip-hop star Wyclef Jean. In “TheLong Road Home,” page 40, he tells us about his love forhis homeland, his Jersey upbringing, his music and more.
We take a peek inside a Ho-Ho-Kus abode in our AtHome story, in which the owners ditch formality in favorof fun. See their impressive game-room redo on page 48.
More fun awaits in “Jersey’s Top 10 FilmMoments,” page 44. We asked a panel of movie experts tochoose the Garden State’s cinematic “best of.” Check outtheir picks—and let us know if your favorite is missing!
In our Health Watch section, page 33, we explorewhether you really can improve your baby’s intelligencethrough educational products—or any other means. Wealso offer advice for heeding your body’s subtle health cluesand take a closer look at those “nutrition facts” foodlabels—turns out, they leave much to be desired.
For our foodie friends, on page 26 we reveal thewinner of our Irish soda bread taste test, and on page 68our restaurant reviewer explains why we should all dine atGlen Rock’s Rocca at least quarterly.
Finally, we’re happy to issue the call for BergenHealth & Life’s next reader contest: our second annual
cover girl competition! Get thedetails on page 28. As always, welook forward to hearing from you.
The cutest—revealed!
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Cubaninfusion
We’re guessing eating at your mom’s place is nothing like this: Atthe new MADRE’S CUBAN CUISINE in Teaneck (201-530-5100,www.kryptics.net/madres), expect dim lighting, sleek black furniture,crystal chandeliers—not to mention heaping plates of empanadas,paella, mofongo and other Cuban favorites.
“It has kind of a Manhattan lounge feel, where people cancome in, eat and drink wine for two hours without feeling rushed,”says co-owner Wendy Peralta, a Domincan native of Cuban descentwho runs the cozy BYO with her husband, Ricardo Sanchez.
Of course, that leaves time aplenty to nibble on the compli-mentary fried plantain chips (served with salsa) and sample fromMadre’s sweeping menu.
The ropa vieja is a customer favorite—flank steak stewed andshredded with bell peppers, onions and white wine sauce, servedwith fried plantains ($15.95). Other top picks include pollo a la fricase (chicken steamed in a Spanish wine sauce with potatoes andraisins; $11.95) and camarones enchilados (shrimp in a Creole saucewith garlic, onions and peppers; $16.95). Craving something sweet?Try one of the restaurant’s freshly squeezed juices or smoothies, orsample homemade desserts like tres leches cake and guayabita
Madre’s (a warm guava cobbler topped with ice cream).Or simply split a pitcher of sangria, whipped up fresh forguests who supply the bottle of red.
Yoga for youngsters“Child’s pose” takes on a whole new mean-ing at the HAPPY ELEPHANT YOGASCHOOL (201-788-5031, www.happyelephantyoga.com), a Franklin Lakes–based studio that offers private and groupyoga to kids and families alike.
“The things kids can get out of yoga arereally phenomenal,” says founder and certifiedyoga instructor Jenny Tanis, “from improvingcoordination and strength to building self-confidence and learning tools to calm them-selves down when they’re angry.”
Little ones ages 2 to 4, for example, can try “Itsy Bitsy Yoga,” a playful blend ofyoga-based postures and games. Bookworms-in-training might enjoy “Storytime Yoga,”which gets kids ages 3 to 5 moving as aninstructor tells a riveting tale. Thirteen- to 17-year-olds can learn to reduce stress with“Hatha Yoga for Teens,” and your whole clan can enjoy some shared peace with “Family Yoga.”
Classes are held in Tanis’Franklin Lakes home studio ($30 for 45minutes), students’ own homes ($50for 45 minutes) or at local commu-nity centers (prices vary).
“My kids just love yoga now,” saysSuzanne Finan of Wyckoff, whose chil-dren Steven, 11, and Megan, 8, take les-sons at the Wyckoff Community LearningCenter. “My daughter’s flexibility isincredible, and my son uses relaxationtechniques at bedtime. A lot of it hasto do with Jenny being so well-trained and positive.”
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Bergen BUZZ
More than 130,000 strong, Bergen’s Irish contingent is a proud, vocal bunch—and never more so than on St. Patty’s Day. Get in on the revelry with these fun-filled events:
You’ll find a hearty dose of all things Irish on Sunday, March 14, at the30th annual ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE in Bergenfield, sponsored by theCouncil of Irish Associations of Greater Bergen County. Starting at 2 p.m. andfollowing a 1.25-mile route north on Washington Avenue, the parade featuresmore than a dozen marching bands and five sets of Irish step-dancing clubs,including children from the RIDGEWOOD IRISH DANCE SCHOOL (201-445-0507, www.ridgewoodirishdance.com). You can also catch the school’s perform-ance of the Irish folktale “The Salmon of Knowledge” at the Ridgewood PublicLibrary on Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m. ($10/person).
After the parade on the 14th, keep spirits high at nearby Irish pubTOMMY FOX’S PUBLIC HOUSE in Bergenfield (201-384-0900, www.tommyfoxs.com), where you can enjoy the Irish sing-along tunes of Fergus Begley and Friends starting at 2 p.m. and a performance by the Bergen Irish Pipe
Band at 5 p.m. The restaurant also hosts live entertainmentthroughout St. Patrick’s Day, including step-dance performances
by the MCLOUGHLIN SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE inRidgefield Park (www.mcloughlinschool.com).
For a taste of the Emerald Isle, head to THE PORTER
HOUSE STEAK HOUSE & CIGAR BAR in Montvale (201-307-6300, www.porterhouseusa.com) and its new sister restaurant,
The Porter House Grill in Norwood (201-784-6900), each withdécor imported from Ireland. Both provide a complimentary
basket of homemade Irish soda bread with dinner and offer Irish coffee for dessert ($7), while bagpipers and other entertainers
keep the Emerald spirit going strong.
Erin go Bergen“As a dance instructor
and choreographerI’m always listeningfor music that makesme want to move or
inspires me to dance,”says Roberta Mathes,
artistic director for theBeyond Dance program at TheBergen Performing Arts Center inEnglewood (201-816-8160,www.bergenpac.org), which offers arange of dance classes for all ages. “Ienjoy many different genres ofmusic—from Latin and internationalto pop and rock—and I’ve choreo-graphed dances to some of thesongs in this list.”
1. “GONE,” Daughtry,
from Daughtry
2. “ESHEBO (CHEBBA),”
Alabina, from Alabina
3. “7 SECONDS,” Youssou
N’Dour and Neneh Cherry,
from The Guide (Wommat)
4. “CRIMINAL,” Fiona Apple,
from Tidal
5. “SHIVER,” Maroon 5, from
Songs About Jane
6. “BETTER TO HAVE LOVED,”
Idina Menzel, from I Stand
7. “A SONG FOR YOU,” Elliott
Yamin, from Elliott Yamin
8. “MAGALENHA,” Sergio
Mendes, from Brasileiro
9. “IT HAD BETTER BE TONIGHT,”
Michael Bublé, from Call Me
Irresponsible
10. “SUPERSTAR,” Luther Vandross,
from Discover Luther Vandross
11. “LEFT,” Nina Storey,
from Shades
12. “BEAUTIFUL,” India.Arie,
from Acoustic Soul
PUPPY LOVEEMILY BATLUCK, Upper Saddle River, retired teacher
SHELBY, Shetland sheepdog, age 3
HOW WE MET: “I saw a ‘sheltie’ my friend had, and I just fell in love.
The dogs are smart, obedient and only weigh about 30 pounds—a per-
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LET’S BOUNCE: “Shelby has lots of energy and
loves to play, especially a game we call ‘One,
Two.’ I’ll bounce a ball on the ground and count
‘one,’ and then when the ball is in the air I’ll
count ‘two’—that’s when Shelby grabs it.”
MAN OF THE HOUSE: “As a widow I really
appreciate Shelby’s company. He’s very loving
and happy, and watching him play makes me
laugh. He’s also a good watchdog, often sitting
in the window to keep guard over the house.”
Think your furry friend is the cutest in Bergen? Send us a picture of you with your pet and we
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THE STARS CAME OUT TO THE BERGEN PER-forming Arts Center in Englewood for a roundtable dis-cussion about the career of Ellie Greenwich—a famedsongwriter who helped pen such ’60s hits as “Be MyBaby” and “Leader of the Pack”—followed by a concertby Darlene Love. At Seasons in Washington Township,meanwhile, the Foundation at Bergen Regional MedicalCenter hosted “A Taste of Bergen” culinary event. TheBergen Community College Foundation held its annualMedallion Awards Dinner at the Woodcliff Lake Hilton.Proceeds will help fund scholarship programs. Finally,Englewood Hospital and Medical Center sponsored acocktail reception to kick off “Night of 100 Dinners,” afundraiser for the Jewish Family Service of Bergen andNorth Hudson in which attendees dine at local homes.
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“A TASTE OF BERGEN”4. Lindsay Gray and
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5. Paul, Corinne and Cassie Low
6. Tracie Cooper
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Appearance “Lots of raisins—very nice-looking”
“Light in color,brown on top, a tonof raisins!”
“Looks the mostdelicious”
“No raisins!”
“Basic”
“Light”
“Plain”
“Looks good”
“Nice and hearty”
“Thick with raisins”
“Cooked well—a little darker, with a hard crust”
“Powdery”
“Looks like a bundtcake without thehole”
“Stands apartbecause of its carrot color”
“Like a beautifulloaf of Italian breadwith raisins”
“A round loaf, well-cooked but not burnt—looks good!”
“Some powder”
Taste “Very good”
“A bit on thesweeter side”
“Seems too sweetfor soda bread—maybe too muchvanilla?”
“A raisin breadmore than a sodabread”
“Nice flavor—but no raisins!”
“A little like biscotti”
“A bit of an aftertaste”
“A nice yeasty flavor”
“Kind of salty”
“Sweet but not toosweet, with a touchof spice”
“A peppery aftertaste”
“Bready”
“Quite acceptable”
“Sweeter than the rest”
“Maple taste”
“Almost no raisins”
“OK”
“Very different”
“Unlike any sodabread I’ve hadbefore”
“Moist and flavorful”
“They’ve addedsomething—Bailey’s?”
“Is there rum inthere?”
“Has sort of a berryflavor to it”
“Sweet, buttery”
Texture “Light and airy”
“Not denseenough”
“Very soft and fluffy”
“Fluffy”
“Moist to the touch... dry to the taste”
“Nice and dense”
“Chewy but firm”
“Light and moist”
“Nice thick brown crust”
“Soft in the middle”
“A little springy”
“Very grainy”
“Dry”
“Firm”
“Crumbly butdense”
“Crumbly”
“A tad dry”
“A little too flaky”
“A little heavy onthe powder”
Score, from 1 (low) to 10 (high) 6.0 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0
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But, the range of procedures they perform would be limited. If you turn your attention to The Valley Hospital’s Institute for Robotic
you would find two of the most experienced robotic surgeons in the area, William Burke, M.D.,
and Noah Goldman, M.D. Two surgeons, not only performing advanced gynecologic oncology surgery with the da Vinci System,
but pushing the limits of its technology to discover innovative techniques. Surgeons who view every patient as a candidate for
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Israeli researchers recently found a link between depression and osteo-
porosis, saying that depressed women “should be periodically evaluated
for progression of bone loss and signs of osteoporosis.” But those on the
fence about antidepressants shouldn’t sign on for medication simply
because of bone-loss risk, says Jennifer Payne, M.D., assistant professor
of psychiatry and director of the Women’s Mood Disorder Center at the
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore: Other stud-
ies have failed to support the depression-osteoporosis link. “In this case
we don’t know if it’s the illness or the medication,” she adds.
More notable, says Dr. Payne, is unrelated research showing that
severe depression shrinks the brain’s hippocampus, and that antidepressants
can reverse this. “I would not want my hippocampus shrinking,” says the doctor.
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Could that desk
job be the death
of you? Perhaps,
say recent research
findings. Several
studies indicate
that sitting for
extended periods
increases your
risk of obesity,
heart attack
and prema-
ture death—
whether or not
you regularly exer-
cise—notes Elin Ekblom-Bak of
Sweden’s Karolinska Institute in an
editorial published in the British
Journal of Sports Medicine.
“After four hours of sitting, the
body starts to send harmful signals,”
she says.
One 12-year study of 17,000
Canadians, for example, found that,
independent of workout habits, those
who sat more had a higher death risk.
For reference, a typical American
spends more than half the day seated,
according to a 2003–2004 survey.
Ekblom-Bak’s advice: “Interrupt
sitting as often as possible.”
Another reason to break a sweatDon’t get too cocky about those bulging biceps. What you really need arelong telomeres. They’re bits of DNA at the tips of chromosomes in yourwhite blood cells that protect the cells from damage—and exercise protectsthem. Telomeres shorten with age; “when they’re gone, the cell dies” andsigns of aging follow, says the American Heart Association. It was a recent
study in the journal Circulation that proves exercise can slowtheir shortening. Researchers compared groups of
endurance athletes with same-aged groups ofhealthy, nonsmoking, less-active adults. The exer-cisers were in better shape and had longer telom-eres. “This is direct evidence of an anti-aging effectof physical exercise,” writes the study’s lead author.
Girls and boys may now benefit from vaccination against the human papillomavirus
(HPV), say new immunization recommendations for 2010.
The virus has been linked to an increased risk of cervical cancer in women—and
to genital warts in both sexes. Until recently, it wasn’t known if the shots were worth-
while in boys, but now the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, together
with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family
Physicians, recommends that a three-dose series of the HPV4 vaccine be considered
for boys 9 to 18 years old. “Data show the vaccine is highly effective in reducing the
incidence of genital warts,” explains Joseph Bocchini, M.D., head of the AAP commit-
tee that helped develop the policy. For now, the recommendation for boys is more
“conservative” than for girls, Dr. Bocchini says, because research has yet to prove the
cost-effectiveness of the shots for preventing HPV-related cancers in men.
HPVshots—for yourson?
Is depression bad for your bones?
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Clue: EARLOBE CREASES It could mean: Heart disease
Back in 1991, a study in The American Journal of Medicine found that participantswith a diagonal crease in at least one earlobe were more likely to die from heartdisease than those whose earlobes did not bear creases. The report caught nationalattention at the time, but studies reported since then have produced mixed results.
One possible explanation for the link is a lack of elastin, which con-tributes to hardening of the arteries, but the connection may simply be due to thefact that earlobe creases are more common later in life, says Andres Mesa, M.D.,a cardiologist at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in
Houston. “Whenever you age you’re prone to have more hypertension,hyperlipidemia and other complications,” he adds.
What to do: Get regular checkups. “Earlobe creases can serve
as a reminder that you’re getting older and you should pay
more attention to heart-disease risk factors,” says Dr. Mesa.
Clue: DARK UNDER-EYE CIRCLESIt could mean: Allergies
“When you have significant hay fever you experience a changein blood flow to the nose and sinuses,” says James Li, M.D.,allergist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “As theblood expands in some of the veins in the face, it can appear as a
dark or bluish tint under the eyes.” What to do: If your dark circles are accompanied by otherhay-fever symptoms (sneezing, coughing, congestion),consider purchasing an over-the-counter antihistamine or
seeing your doctor for an allergy test.
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YOUR BODY MAY BE WARNING YOU
OF ILLNESS. HERE’S WHAT TO DO
Give yourself a good once-over—notice any
quirks? Doctors say small imperfections could
signal an underlying issue. But which oddities call
for professional attention? Experts offer guidance
on becoming your own diagnostic sleuth.
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Clue: THIN THIGHS or A THICK NECK It could mean: Heart disease
A study in the British Medical Journal found that subjectswith a thigh circumference of less than 60 centimeters hada greatly increased risk of developing heart disease anddying prematurely. “The link may be due to these patientshaving low muscle mass,” says Dr. Mesa, which may leadto insulin sensitivity and a risk of metabolic syndrome.
Meanwhile, research from the National Heart,Lung and Blood Institute’s Framingham Heart Studyfound that a wider neck—a circumference of more than34.2 centimeters in women and 40.5 centimeters inmen—increased heart-disease risk factors. “The theory isthat wide necks have more deposits of fat,” says Dr. Mesa.What to do: Data are still too preliminary toprompt a response, says Dr. Mesa. “More research isneeded, but I think measuring waist circumferencehas really proven itself.” A waist circumfer-ence greater than 88 centimeters in women and102 centimeters in men has been linked to a higherrisk of heart disease. If you exceed these limits,see your doctor about healthy ways to slim down.
Clue: DISCOLORED NAILSIt could mean: DiabetesYellow nails can be a symptom of this disease, says der-matologist Michel McDonald, M.D., assistant professorof medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center inNashville, though the reason for this is not yet confirmed.
What to do: “If you see a marked color change in all
of your nails, it’s a good idea to get checked out by
a physician,” says Dr. McDonald. But don’t panic—
this discoloration may be due to fungus or aging.
Clue: PALE NAILSIt could mean: Anemia
Press on your nails and take note of their color: Whilemost people’s nails will turn immediately back to pink, ananemic’s may remain white for a moment or two. “Whenyou are anemic you don’t have the blood rushing back asquickly into the capillaries,” says Rebecca Kazin, M.D.,head of the Johns Hopkins Dermatology and CosmeticCenter at Green Spring Station in Lutherville, Maryland.“But if you are this anemic you would likely have othersymptoms, such as fatigue and a tendency to bruise easily.” What to do: Speak to your doctor, says Dr. Kazin.
Clue: MALE BALDNESSIt could mean: Heart disease
In a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine,researchers found a link between male baldness and anincreased risk of this condition. Risk was greatest in menwith extensive vertex baldness (on the crown of the head). What to do: “If you have baldness, it doesn’t
mean you’ll have heart disease,” says Dr. Mesa.
“But it might be a good idea to get your blood
pressure and cholesterol checked.” ■
HEALTH WATCHb y K r i s t i n C o l e l l a
4 well-known body warnings: TRUTH OR HYPE?PHYSICIANS ASSESS THE VALIDITY OF THESE “TROUBLE SIGNS”
Apple-shaped bod-ies are linked with
greater heart disease risksthan pear-shaped bodies.“Excess fat around the waistis a different kind of fat thanthat around the hips, and isassociated with greater heartdisease risk factors,” saysAndy Kates, M.D., director ofthe Heart Disease Preven-tion Program at WashingtonUniversity School of Medicinein St. Louis.
Skin tags can signalcolon polyps.
“There’s been insufficientevidence to extrapolate alink,” says gastroenterolo-gist Eric Esrailian, M.D.,assistant clinical professorof medicine at the DavidGeffen School of Medicineat UCLA in Los Angeles.
Too much vitaminA can cause exces-
sively dry lips. “An excess of vitamin A canshut down your oil glands,so monitor your intake anddon’t have more than 5,000IUs a day,” says dermatolo-gist Michel McDonald, M.D.,assistant professor of medi-cine at Vanderbilt UniversityMedical Center in Nashville.
White mouth corners can
indicate a yeast infection. Yeast infections don’t justoccur in your intimateregions; your mouth can beinfected by a pesky yeastcalled Candida, says Dr.McDonald. Because this sortof infection will not likelyaffect other areas of thebody, you can treat it with atopical medication fromyour dermatologist.
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PAGE 52 OF THIS MAGAZINE CELEBRATESBergen County’s cutest babies, with pictures that makeparents proud. But most of us don’t get by on looksalone; moms and dads also yearn for their tykes to earna place in Harvard’s class of 2032—or at least get thebest possible start on smarts.
For businesses, that’s become a big-time salesopportunity. In the 1990s, entrepreneurs began market-ing lines of videos and DVDs aimed at the youngest set. They feature lively, quick-changing images ofshapes and colors, letters and numbers, animals andnatural settings. And their very brand names—“Baby Einstein,” “Brainy Baby” and “Baby Genius,” forexample—hint that they’ll send your infant’s IQ soar-ing. But local child-development experts tell BergenHealth & Life it isn’t so. If there’s a key to fostering yourtot’s intellectual development, they say, it isn’t some-thing you buy at the store.
“I’ve had concerns about infant videos for a longtime,” says Punam Kashyap, M.D., senior developmen-tal pediatrician at the Institute for Child Development, adivision of the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital atHackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack.
“I think they mislead parents and cause inappropriateexpectations. I had a parent just today who told me, ‘Ithought I was making my 2-month-old smarter byputting her in front of Baby Einstein.’”
Dr. Kashyap stresses, however, that there is noknown scientific evidence that these videos—or anyother products you can buy—actually enhance a baby’sbrainpower. “Learning happens with playing, face-to-face engagement and exposure to sights and sounds,”she says.
“We know that children learn by interacting anddoing,” not just watching and listening, agrees LisaNalvin, M.D., director of developmental pediatrics at theKireker Center for Child Development at Ridgewood’sValley Hospital.
Indeed, some research has suggested that thesebaby videos may actually slow the development of lan-guage skills. A 2007 study by investigators at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle found that withevery hour per day spent watching baby DVDs andvideos, infants learned six to eight fewer new vocabularywords than babies who never watched the videos. Thiseffect was strongest on babies 8 to 16 months old—just
Can you makeyour baby
SMARTER?VIDEOS AND DVDS AIMED AT HELPING YOU
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when language skills are starting to form.Researchers noted that the baby videos may
be worse for tots than educational shows likeSesame Street, because they feature “little dialogue,short scenes” and “disconnected pictures.” Theymay overstimulate babies, one participating scien-tist has argued—and Dr. Kashyap agrees. “I’vebeen saying that to parents forever,” she says.
So how does a well-meaning parent help ababy’s brain develop? Play, talk and sing withyour baby, say child-development specialists. Andwhile educational books, toys and shows may behelpful later on, you needn’t purchase anythingmore at the baby stage than perhaps a colorfulrattle or a plastic cup.
“Engage the baby with a brightly col-ored object he or she can follow visually,” Dr.Kashyap suggests.
“We know that intelligence is a function ofboth nature and nurture,” Dr. Nalvin says. “It’s aproduct of genetics and what you’re exposed to.”The baby’s genes, then, determine how smart he or shecan be. A nurturing environment helps out with propernutrition and a safe and comforting home. Dr. Kashyapsays she knows of no studies demonstrating that onekind of plaything is superior to another for fosteringintelligence. But she does know that human interaction
is the most important contributor to a baby’s learning.“When you read and sing and dance and play
with your baby, you aren’t just having fun,” she says.“You really are stimulating development.” ■
Child-development experts say
talking to and playing with your
baby is the best way to foster his or
her intellectual potential, and
the Baby Einstein company doesn’t
disagree. Owned by Disney since
2001, it’s the industry giant—
a 2003 study estimated that one-
third of all American babies from 6
months to 2 years old had at least
one Baby Einstein video, and the
brand has also featured toys,
books, flash cards and clothing. The
company’s website points out that
parents can enjoy its DVDs and
videos along with their babies,
leaving “their hands free to clap,
point to objects and interact with
their baby.”
Baby Einstein removed the
word “educational” from its mar-
keting materials in 2006 after the
Campaign for a Commercial-Free
Childhood complained to the Fed-
eral Trade Commission. And last fall
and this winter it offered an
“enhanced consumer satisfaction
guarantee” in which it promised to
refund $15.99 for up to four DVDs
per household bought between
2004 and 2009 if purchasers
weren’t satisfied.
Baby Einstein now insists
that its products “are not designed
to make babies smarter.” Asked if
that isn’t what its name implicitly
suggests, the company’s outside
public relations representative says
famously brainy theoretical physicist
Albert Einstein was also “a true lover
of the arts, regularly playing classical
music on the violin to inspire his
work. It was Einstein’s embodiment
of imagination and curiosity that
inspired the name Baby Einstein.”
NO TV TILL AGE 2, SAYS PEDIATRICIANS’ GROUPStudies show that by 3 months of age, 40 percent of babies reg-
ularly watch DVDs, videos or TV; by their second birthday,
almost 90 percent watch two to three hours daily. Still, the
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children under
2 watch no TV. “Many of the families with babies I care for have
switched off their televisions,” notes developmental pediatri-
cian Punam Kashyap, M.D., of Hackensack University Medical
Center. Other pediatricians give more leeway. “I think a half-
hour to an hour of a show like Sesame Street is OK as long as
it’s not serving as a babysitter,” says Harry Banschick, M.D., chair
of the Department of Pediatrics at Holy Name Hospital in
Teaneck. Baby Einstein, meanwhile, says it doubts that AAP’s
recommendation “reflects the reality of today’s parents, fami-
lies and households.”
The view from Baby Einstein
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Savvy shoppers know that checking food labels is a key to helping your family eat
healthy. The bad news? “They’re incomplete,” says Bruce Silverglade, director of legal
affairs for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). He helped Bergen Health
& Life identify five important points food packages fail to reveal:
4 Where the ‘trans fats’have gone. Many food
packages today boast “0 transfats.” But in some cases, saysSilverglade, “the company hasadded plain old saturated fat toreplace the trans fat, makingthe product just as bad as, orworse than, the original.” CSPIsays a redesigned label shouldcategorize these fat levels as“High,” “Medium” or “Low,”with red ink calling attentionto “High” levels. What to do:Don’t be swayed by “trans fat”claims alone—judge eachproduct after examining “saturated fats” too.
1How much sugar. “If acookie uses different types of
sugars—high-fructose corn syrup,fructose, etc.—the label can showthese as individual ingredients,”says Silverglade. “If they weregrouped together, ‘sugar’ couldvery well be first.” Labels also donot separate out added sugars fromnatural ones (think of the innatesweetness of applesauce), and offerno guidance on how much to con-sume: For fat, sodium, etc., labelsshow a clear “% daily value” basedon a 2,000-calorie daily diet—butnot for sugar. “There should beone,” Silverglade says. What to do:The CSPI suggests limiting sugarto 40 grams per day and scanningingredients for sugar’s aliases.
3 Caffeine quantities. TheCSPI says these should be
required. “A bottle of Starbucksvanilla Frappuccino contains 96 milligrams, more than many brands of coffee have in
5The ‘true’ fiber content.The CSPI says “dietary
fiber” should be termed simply“fiber” and include “only intactfiber from whole grains, beans,vegetables, fruit and otherfoods.” Today the FDA alsopermits the inclusion of such“faux-fiber” additives as malto-dextrin and polydextrose. “It’sunlikely that they lower bloodcholesterol or blood sugar,” saysSilverglade. “Companies arebasically padding the product toup the numbers.” What to do:Keep an eye out for fiber addi-tives and try to get most of yourfiber from natural sources. ■
2 The whole story onwhole grains. “The gov-
ernment recommends we eatmore whole grains, but sets norules on how much whole graina food must have to be describedas ‘made with whole grain,’”says Silverglade. “It could be adusting.” CSPI favors labelsthat show clearly what percent-age of grains are whole.
What to do: For now, look forproducts for which the first listed ingredient begins withthe word “whole.”
a 6-ounce cup,” says Silverglade.Even Dannon’s coffee yogurtpacks in 30 milligrams. What todo: Exercise moderation untillabeling information improves.
5 facts labels don’t tell youHERE’S WHAT’S MISSING FROM PACKAGE NUTRITION DATA—
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WHEN WE SPOKE WITH WYCLEF JEAN IN DECEMBER,life was good. The 37-year-old Haitian-born hip-hop star was aflurry of activity: He was preparing for the release of a self-titledalbum due this spring, had just inked a deal to pen a memoir forIt Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, and had recently enrolledin Boston’s Berklee College, majoring in music.
But then, of course, everything changed. Within hours ofthe January 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti’s impoverishedcapital, Port-au-Prince, Jean and his wife, Claudinette, were on theground in his homeland, literally pulling bodies from the rubble—an experience, documented on a Flip camera, that he shared onthe Oprah Winfrey show, where he described the destruction as “anapocalypse.” Perhaps America’s most famous Haitian-borncelebrity, Jean became a voice for the quake relief efforts, called onto co-host the Hope for Haiti telethon and quickly raising millionsof dollars through his charity, the Yéle Haiti Foundation.
But Jean soon found himself defending the organizationagainst accusations of questionable accounting. “I think it waspoorly run, and I think we have learned from our mistakes,” headmitted to Oprah. But, he insisted, “I have never in any formtaken payment for myself. As a matter of fact, when I was startingmy charity, I put the first million dollars in.”
It wasn’t the first time he’d shown loyalty to his native land.Jean’s family left rural Haiti when he was 9, and the next stop wasBrooklyn’s tough Marlboro housing project. “My father, a preacher,moved us to the center of Newark when Brooklyn became muchtoo much with the gangs and the streets,” he told Bergen Health &Life. “He started a church in the ’hood, and we lived in thechurch. I sang in the choir—he really liked that.”C
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HAITI HAS ALWAYS LOOMED LARGE IN THE MUSIC OF SADDLE RIVER
HIP-HOP STAR WYCLEF JEAN, BUT THIS YEAR’S EARTHQUAKE PUT HIM
AT THE EPICENTER OF THE RELIEF EFFORT—AND SOME CONTROVERSY
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But the Jersey teen’s musical life didn’t longremain purely ecclesiastical. He joined a jazz ensemble,and his innate flair emerged as he learned to read andarrange music, write chords and play the upright bass. “Ihad my first studio in my uncle’s basement in EastOrange, and called it the Booga Basement,” Jeanrecalled. “It was only natural that after my success Ibought my parents a home there.”
He rose to worldwide fame in the ’90s as a member(with Prakazrel “Pras” Michel and onetime classmateLauryn Hill) of the Fugees,whose 1996 The Score remainship-hop’s top-selling albumever. Since then he hasbranched out as a performer—collaborating with the likes ofSting, Santana and will i. amand blending rap with othergenres—and prospered as a producer, working with suchartists as Mick Jagger, Bono, Shakira and John Legend.
When Haiti was ravaged by Hurricane Jeanne in2004, Jean went there to help. Hoping to restore “prideand a reason for hope” to his people, Jean launched theYéle Haiti foundation in 2005. With funding assistancefrom Comcel, a Colombian mobile-phone company, thenew charity promptly provided scholarships to 3,600children in Gonaïves—a town largely destroyed byfloods and mudslides following Jeanne, which causedmore than 3,000 deaths there. The following year, the
charity aided almost twice as many kids and broadenedits focus to other areas of Haiti. An event marking thefirst anniversary of the foundation’s launch was attendedby actor Brad Pitt and actress Angelina Jolie.
In 2008, Jean announced a partnership amongYéle Haiti, the United Nations World Food Program andthe Pan American Development Foundation, and latelast year he undertook a novel joint project with theTimberland company, makers of the famous boots.
“They’d never done an endorsement deal with acelebrity, and I’d alwaysshunned clothing lines andthings like that because itseemed like what everyone wasalready doing,” he said. ButJean was impressed byTimberland’s eco-friendly poli-cies. The result was the mar-
keting of Timberland’s Yéle Haiti boots—for each pairsold, the company would donate $2 toward Haitianreforestation efforts—as well as a line of Timberland T-shirts adorned with illustrations created by students atthe FOSAJ Art School in Jacmel, Haiti—one of his char-ity’s beneficiaries.
“Artists at the school created their interpretation ofwhat the tree means to Haiti,” Jean explained. “Whetheryou are a child in Haiti or a child in New Jersey, I believethe arts give you meaning, self-confidence and a way toexpress yourself in hope and beauty.”
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“I know celebrity cancome and go. I haven’t losttouch with the poor littleHaitian boy I used to be.”
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But like so many other Haitian stories these days,this one does not have a happy ending. The FOSAJ schoolwas destroyed in the quake, and the school’s director,American artist Flo McGarrell, was confirmed dead,among other casualties. In the wake of the tragedy,Timberland redirected all of the proceeds from its YéleHaiti products to earthquake relief.
Jean has been slipping the bounds of musical cat-egories all through his career—Guitar Player magazinehas praised his ability to “deftly cop the feels of calypso,reggae and rock,” giving fans of each a reason to opentheir ears to something new. So it’s no surprise that he’sjumped from medium to medium with equal ease.Lately he’s embraced social networking in an effort topromote his causes and his philosophy. At this writing,his Twitter following exceeds 1.3 million, and it was hiscry for help there that mobilized fans to donate morethan $2 million in the first few days following the quake.
As for what’s next, Jean has vowed to continue hiswork in the rebuilding efforts for as long as he’s needed—even after the media spotlight has faded.
“I’m an example of what’s called the Americandream,” he said at a press conference. “So after the cam-eras are off, I still gotta report back for duty. That’s justthe reality of my life.”
It only goes to prove what Jean told us back inDecember: “I know celebrity can come and go,” he said.“I haven’t lost touch with the poor little Haitian boy Iused to be.” ■
For the moment, music is a secondary concern for
hip-hop star Wyclef Jean. But it’s worth noting that
before January's devastating earthquake hit, he’d
embarked on an exciting new period in his art.
Take Wyclef Jean, the new CD due out this
spring. “I feel like this is the first true Wyclef Jean
solo album,” Jean told Bergen Health & Life. “I got
back to my roots, playing and writing on multiple
instruments—this album truly feels like me.”
This CD comes on the heels of a 2009 mix tape
EP, From the Hut to the Projects to the Mansion. The
“mansion,” he explained, is his current Saddle River
home, where his lives with his wife Claudinette and
their daughter, Angelina, adopted from Haiti in 2005,
and “the ‘hut’ is literally the hut I lived in as a child in
LaSarre, Haiti. Where I came from, there was nowhere
for me to go but up.” But on the EP he wasn’t ex-
actly Wyclef Jean: He assumed a persona called
Toussaint St. Jean—loosely
based on the 18th-century
Haitian revolutionary hero
Toussaint L’Ouverture. “He
brought Haiti into the pub-
lic eye and said what was
on his mind, which I do in
the mix tape,” said Jean.
WYCLEF JEAN RETURNS TO HIS MUSICAL ROOTS
On February 1, (left to right) LL Cool J, Wyclef
Jean, Swizz Beatz and Snoop Dogg were among
the 100 performers to record a “We Are the
World” remake to benefit Haitian relief.
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Chris Vaglio,co-owner of Grey
Sky Films in
Rockaway and co-
director of the 2006
comedy What’s Your
Problem?
Michael AaronRockland, professor of
American Studies at Rutgers
University in New Brunswick,
who teaches a course called
“Jerseyana” that examines
depictions of the state in
popular culture
Mike Sodano,co-owner of the Show Room,
an “art house” movie theater
in Asbury Park, and co-director
of the 2007 documentary Rock
and a Heart Place
Howard Libov,associate professor film in
the Film Production Programat The College of Florham,Fairleigh Dickinson University,Madison, and director and co-writer of the 2009 feature filmFavorite Son
Every Manhattan street, it seems, has had its star turn on the big
screen, and moviegoers know southern California even if they’ve
never been near the place. But less-heralded New Jersey, home
to the world’s first film production studio (built in 1893 at Thomas
Edison’s laboratories in West Orange), is also frequently depicted
in the movies. So Bergen Health & Life asked four cinema afi-
cionados to nominate their favorite Jersey cinema moments to
create a “top 10” list that just may start some good arguments:
Jersey’s TOP 10 film moments
OUR PANEL OF MOVIE EXPERTS SHARES ITS PICKS
Our Jersey-film jury
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explains. “And it shows his manic-ness—he’s so single-focused he writes on whatever is available.”
9 JERSEY GIRL, 1992: Not the 2004 KevinSmith film of the same name, this David BurtonMorris movie is about a man (Dylan McDermott)
who must choose between two women, one all New Yorksophistication, the other (Jami Gertz) “representing NewJersey’s inferiority complex vis-à-vis Manhattan,” saysRockland. In a key scene, he comes to see the title charac-ter, realizing that though “she may have big hair, she’s nodummy—she’s got her own kind of class.”
8DOGMA,1999: This is one of two
Kevin Smith films on our list. And whocould resist a movie in which the lateGeorge Carlin plays a Catholic cardinaland singer AlanisMorissette is God?Matt Damon and BenAffleck portray angelswho’ve been cast out of heaven and consigned for cen-turies to Green Bay, Wisconsin. Their quest for a celestialreturn leads to a battle between good and evil in front ofa church in Red Bank (though actual filming occurred inPittsburgh)—a scene Vaglio finds “a very funny spoof.”
7 GARDEN STATE, 2004:Jersey plays the title role here—and,for a change, the ’burbs come off as
real while the big city’s phony. DirectorZach Braff plays an actor back fromHollywood for his mom’s funeral. In L.A.“he can’t touch anything, he can’t feel any-thing, he’s just lost,” says Libov. “Then hecomes home, and of course he finds him-self.” He also finds the headphones-wearing Natalie Portman in what Libovcalls a “meet cute” moment in a doctors’waiting room—a pivotal scene that provesthat on one’s home turf, a chance encountercan trigger a reawakening.
10 A BEAUTIFUL MIND, 2001:This Oscar-winning, Ron Howard-directedbiopic about mentally troubled mathe-
matical genius John Forbes Nash Jr., a winner of theNobel Prize in Economics, features key scenes at NewJersey’s preeminent university. “The minute you see thelawns and the ivy-covered buildings you’re immediatelytransported to Princeton,” says Sodano. Especiallymemorable, he believes, is the scene where RussellCrowe as Nash writes equations on his dormitory-roomwindow. “It’s a key moment where he finally ‘sees thelight’ of the problem he’s trying to solve,” Sodano
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6 THE STATION AGENT, 2003:Living in an abandoned train station inNewfoundland, N.J., a reclusive dwarf meets a
hot-dog vendor—and each overcomes his isolation—inthis touching comedy-drama by Thomas McCarthy.“The vendor’s speech is full of ‘dese’ and ‘dat’ and ‘dem’and ‘dose’—it’s very New Jersey,” says Sodano. And sois the terrain we see, in which old railroad tracks “cutthrough swaths of wooded areas—places you wouldnever have gone to or discovered before.”
5 EDDIE ANDTHE CRUIS-ERS, 1983: In
this Martin Davidson flick,a fictional ’60s rock bandthat won fame in a SomersPoint club becomes the sub-ject of a quest by a TVreporter looking to tell itsstory and investigate the
disappearance of its lead singer, the irascible Eddie.Especially memorable among a number of “really cool”Jersey Shore moments, says Vaglio, is a scene on theboardwalk in which band members start yelling at eachother and Eddie’s girlfriend gets kissed by another guy.It’s emblematic, he says, of the film’s depiction of Eddieas “a misunderstood artist, who’s fighting with every-body throughout the movie.”
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4 CLERKS, 1994: This Kevin Smith comedy,set in a convenience store in the town ofLeonardo, is a wry snapshot of young Jerseyites
who haven’t reached their potential. Lipov picks a scenein which a youngstore employee isdiscussing his cir-cumstances with afriend. “It’s a clas-sic young person’s‘What am I goingto do with my life?’moment,” he says.“On the surfacethey want to say,‘I’m OK here,’ butunderneath that isa great yearning for what lies beyond.” Vaglio, mean-while, vouches that the film’s setting rings true. “I grewup hanging around convenience stores,” he says. “Youhung out there till you got chased away.”
3BEING JOHN MALKOVICH,1999: In this offbeat gem directed by SpikeJonze, a would-be puppeteer working as a file
clerk unexpectedly discovers a portal behind a filingcabinet that leads him into the mind of actor JohnMalkovich, and then through a mysterious vortex. “It’shysterical,” says Sodano. “Of all the places in theworld, who would think they’d be dumped out into adrainage ditch at exit 14B of the New JerseyTurnpike?” Agrees Libov: “That’s a great New Jerseymetaphor moment.”
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2THE WRESTLER, 2008:In this Oscar-winning DarrenAronofsky film about a broken-down
wrestler, Mickey Rourke’s title characterwalks with his estranged daughter into a cav-ernous structure that proves to be AsburyPark’s old Casino Hall. “There’s an insideshot with broken windows and light pouringthrough,” says Libov. “It’s a shell of a build-ing, and it’s a metaphor for their relation-ship.” Rockland concurs: “That’s a verypoignant scene.”
1ATLANTIC CITY, 1978:Two jurors’ first choice, this classicLouis Malle crime drama etches a riv-
eting portrait of “a place with two faces,” asSodano says. “It’s about the yin and yang of old andnew.” While Burt Lancaster’s lead character is a small-time numbers runner being muscled out by the mob,the real star is Atlantic City at its moment of transitionfrom a fading family resort to a new gambling paradise.In a closing scene featuring a wrecking ball (and recall-ing the demolition of a grand old hotel, an image withwhich the film began), “Lancaster and his lady friendare strolling on the Boardwalk,” says Rockland.“They’re elderly, and in a sense they represent the elder-liness of the old, down-at-the-heels Atlantic City. It’sone of my favorite movies of all time, entirely apart fromits New Jersey focus.” ■
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A FUN-LOVING HO-HO-KUS FAMILY WITH THREE
TEENAGE BOYS TRANSFORMS A FORMAL LIVING ROOM
INTO A LIVELY BILLIARDS SPACE
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At HOME
The room’s inspiration and focal point—
an expansive pool table—was previously
relegated to the home’s basement.
“Their formal living room [shown above]
was just sitting empty most of the time,”
says the space’s designer, Suzanne Curtis
of Suzanne Curtis Interior Designs in Ho-
Ho-Kus. “The owners thought why not
bring the pool table upstairs and turn the
space into a room they would actually
use?” Pine paneling and a coffered pine
ceiling cozy up the large space. “With
so much wood in the room, we decided
to break it up by upholstering the ceil-
ing,” says Curtis. A classic wool plaid
from Brunschwig & Fils—repeated in
the window treatments—does just the
trick. Custom stained-glass windows
add more spots of color while letting
sunlight dapple in. Not the typical
pool-room fixtures, a pair of antiqued
brass lanterns from Decorative Crafts
in Greenwich, Connecticut, provides
illumination and old-world charm. A
bar table and chairs (covered in a chic
Cowtan & Tout animal print) offer space
for a convivial chat while a built-in flat-
screen TV above the mantel adds a high-
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THE SLEEPY VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN,N.Y., at the southern tip of Otsego Lake about 75 mileswest of Albany, is home to only about 2,000 souls. Butevery spring—when umpires across the land yell “Playball!”—its renown as the home of baseball’s Hall ofFame awakens once again.
The town got its name back in the 18th century,when it was part of a parcel of land purchased by the fatherof Last of the Mohicans author James Fenimore Cooper,who grew up here. Though baseball was supposedlyinvented in a Cooperstown cow pasture in the 1830s byAbner Doubleday, historians today find that claim spuri-ous. Still, the national pastime’s shrine here is the real deal.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum(607-547-7200, community.baseballhall.org), open since1939, is the ultimate indulgence for connoisseurs of thegreat game’s history. Allow at least three hours, and startwith “The Baseball Experience,” a 13-minute multimediapresentation in the 191-seat Grandstand Theater. Thentake your pick: There are bronze plaques for all 289 play-ers voted so far into the select Hall of Fame. In theRecords Room, track active and all-time leaders in virtu-ally every category of diamond stats. And take in the “No-Hitters Wall,” featuring an actual baseball from every no-hitter in the majors since 1940.
Once you’ve had your fill of our nation’s pastime,get a glimpse of its past: At the Farmers’ Museum (1-888-547-1450, www.farmersmuseum.org), stroll through atrue-to-scale farming village circa 1845, where costumedexperts describe each period building’s function. Themuseum features some 23,000 agricultural artifacts—anda monument to human gullibility called the Cardiff Man.He’s a weathered-looking 10-foot stone figure supposedly“discovered” in 1869 as validation of the Bible’s mentionof “giants in the earth.” In fact, the outsized figure was ahoax perpetrated by an atheist cigar manufacturer.
The Fenimore Art Museum (1-888-547-1450,www.fenimoreartmuseum.org) boasts a fine collectionof American art and a shop with Native American jew-elry, accessories and art books. Upcoming exhibits
BASEBALL MAY BE THE DIAMOND IN
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CLOCKWISE FROM
ABOVE: downtown
Cooperstown, National Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum, Brewery
Ommegang, a Hank Aaron collage,
a view of Lake Otsego
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Howe Caverns (518-296-8900, www.howecaverns.com),New York State’s second most-popular natural attraction,which draws 200,000 visitors annually. Your 80-minuteguided tour begins with an elevator ride 156 feet below theearth’s surface, leading to what’s billed as “a prehistoricunderground cavern 6 million years in the making.”There’s also a Lantern Tour on Friday and Saturdayevenings and a special two-hour Adventure Tour.
End your day at an eatery so nice they named ittwice: Yum Yum Shack (607-547-8088, www.yumyumshack.com) might not sound refined, but the colorfulspot is run by Culinary Institute of America–trainedchef/owner Dave Neil and features such unexpected gemsas halibut curry stew and pork chops with blue cheese–tarragon cream. We suspect you’ll find it a home run. ■
include “In Our Time: The World as Seen by MagnumPhotographers” (April 1 to September 6) and “JohnSinger Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women” (May 29to December 31). If you’re more than aesthetically hun-gry, there’s a café overlooking Otsego Lake; for an evencloser look at the lake, taker an hour-long tour from TheGlimmerglass Queen Tour Boat Company (607-547-9511, ext. 1; www.lakefrontmotelandrestaurant.com).
Culture hounds visiting in July or August mightvisit the Alice Busch Opera Theater, home to theGlimmerglass Opera (607-547-2255, www.glimmerglass.org). During its summer festival, the group will per-form Puccini’s Tosca, Copland’s The Tender Land,Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Handel’s Tolomeo.
A 45-minute drive east of Cooperstown takes you to
1. Watch cider being made in anauthentic 1856 water-powered millat the Fly Creek Cider Mill (607-547-9692, www.flycreekcidermill.com).
2. Enjoy a picnic by Lake Otsego,the source of the SusquehannaRiver, in Lakefront Park.
3. See a baseball game at historicDoubleday Field, opened in 1939.In season, games run all day long.
4. Visit two local art galleries: the
Smithy-Pioneer Gallery (607-547-8671, www.smithypioneer.org) andthe Cooperstown Art Association(607-547-9777, www.cooperstownart.com).
5. Tour Goodyear Swamp Sanc-tuary, a wetland at the northwestend of Otsego Lake that featureswaterfowl, reptiles, amphibians—plus plenty of trails to explore.
6. Learn about the Belgian-style
ales of Brewery Ommegang (607-544-1800, www.ommegang.com),and the varietals bottled up atBear Pond Winery (607-643-0294,www.bearpondwines.com).
7. Swing on through theCooperstown Bat Company (1-888-547-2415, www.cooperstownbat.com), open Tuesdays andThursdays June through August.
Source: Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce
7 FREE things to do on your Cooperstown visit
The Inn at Cooperstown (607-547-5756,www.innatcooperstown.com), built in 1874
as the annex to the luxurious Hotel Fenimore,was fully restored in 1985. Close to in-townattractions, the quaint spot offers a luxurysuite with two fireplaces, a spa bath andflat-screen TVs. Rates vary from $108 to
$490 per night. (A two-night reservation isrequired for any Saturday-night stay April
through October.)
A PLACE TO PERCH
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It’s not the hardest work we’ve ever done, “oohing”
and “aahing” over oodles of adorable tykes. But with
81 local babes vying for the crown in our
first-ever Bergen’s Cutest Baby contest, deciding on
a winner wasn’t easy. So we put out the call to you,
our readers, to choose your favorites—and you responded in
droves: More than 2,000 Bergenites cast their votes at
www.bergenhealthandlife.com. When the tallies were com-
pleted, we emerged with an adorable troupe of six: one win-
ner and five runners-up. Meet them all in the pages that follow!
Each of our finalists will receive a gift package—among
the prizes being offered are gift baskets from Wild Flowers,
plus a variety of books and toys from MEGA Bloks. Our winner
will also receive an iPanda iPod docking station—and her
parents will get a night out, courtesy of a $100 gift card
from Marcello’s in Ridgewood. Congrats and enjoy!
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THE WINNER:
Annabella ClareAge: 18 monthsHometown: MaywoodFamily: parents Frank and Melissa Clare
READERS SWOONED OVER BABY BELLA’Sbig, bright eyes, sweet smile and oh-so-pinchablecheeks. But we can’t help but wonder if heradorable attire—a chic New York Yankees dress—
swayed fans in her favor. “We took this picture while watching
one of the playoff games this fall,” says momMelissa. “Both my family and my hus-band’s family are huge Yankees fans—evenat my baby shower we received tons ofYankees-related gifts for Bella. Althoughshe’s too young to understand baseballnow, pretty soon we’ll start taking her togames and she’ll be a fan too!”
Perhaps the biggest challengefor Mom and Dad was selectingwhich photo to submit. “Bella loves,loves, loves the camera!” saysMelissa. The result is an abundanceof sweet pictures, a few more of
which are shown here. “My husband and Ikeep cameras in our pockets all the time, so she’sused to everybody always snapping away.” FUN FACT: “Bella is very friendly and outgoing,”Melissa says. “She loves it when we let her loosein the mall so she can run around and say hi topeople in her own little crazy babble-talk lan-
guage. From what my parents, auntsand uncles have told me, I was
exactly the same way!”
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SECOND PLACE:
Michael WeinsteinAge: 19 monthsHometown: Park RidgeFamily: parents Stacy and Stuart Weinstein
“WE GOT THIS PICTURE TAKEN AT A STUDIOfor our holiday cards, and Michael is wearing a ‘HappyNew Year’–themed outfit, complete with a fake tuxedoshirt and a top hat,” says Stacy. “Michael tilted the hatall by himself—he’s beyond a ham and knows what hewants when it comes to the camera.”FUN FACT: “Michael can operate any cell phone orremote control you give him,” Stacy quips. “He alsoloves watching my husband play the guitar and dancingto Yo Gabba Gabba!”
Third place (tie):
Catherine Mary MamoneAge: 1 yearHometown: Ho-Ho-KusFamily: parents Tara and Gordon Mamone
“I TOOK THIS PICTURE OF HER IN HER CRIBover the holidays when we were just playing around,”says Tara. “Catherine Mary is a very happy girl—andshe really likes the camera.” FUN FACT: “Catherine Mary loves music. Whenever weput it on she rocks back and forth and it’s like her ver-sion of dancing,” says Tara.
Louis TreboskiAge: 15 monthsHometown: WyckoffFamily: parents Kim and Ron Treboski
“MY HUSBAND’S AUNT TOOK THIS PICTUREof Louis in his octopus shirt when we were down at herhouse in Wildwood over the summer,” says Kim. “Helikes the beach a lot, especially playing in the sand ... andeating it, of course!”FUN FACT: “I found out about this contest fromCatherine Mary’s mom, Tara, who teaches with me atParamus High School,” says Kim. “We both entered andour babies tied for third place!” c o n t i n u e d
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FIFTH PLACE:
Abigail BryantAge: 2Hometown: RidgewoodFamily: parents Melanieand Will Bryant
“ONE OF THE REASONSwe entered Abigail in the contestis that people are always comment-ing on her blue eyes,” says Melanie. “She gets thosefrom her father’s whole family—I wasn’t so lucky! Inthis photo she’s playing with her dad on the couchwhile he makes a tent.” FUN FACT: “Abigail is really outgoing, friendly andloveable—but when she wants something, she’lllet you know!” says Melanie with a laugh. ■
FOURTH PLACE:
Cole StevensAge: 5 monthsHometown: Fair LawnFamily: parents Carrie and David Stevens; siblings Izabella, 4, Reid, 11, and Gaybriel, 13
“THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT COLE’Sgrandparents’ house just before the holidays,” says
Carrie. “Since it was cold we tried to bundle him up in a one-piece sweater.”FUN FACT: “Although he can sometimes be stubborn, Cole is usuallya super-happy baby,” says Carrie. “He likes to smile and laugh andmake a lot of noise. And he really loves his sister.”
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While friends and the Internet might be a
good source for some information, when
it comes to personal and family-related
healthcare issues, we all feel better speaking
with local experts who can directly answer
and address our needs.
Bergen Health & Life assembled some
of the leading healthcare professionals
in the area to answer some of the most
commonly asked health-related questions
for our readers’ benefi t. Of course, the
circumstances of your case can be quite
different, so your best course of action is
to call or make an appointment with these
experts directly.
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because it allows the surgeon to have
a lifelong relationship with the patient.
It is the most gratifying fi eld because
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a difference in someone’s life. Because
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–Dr. Stefanie Vaimakis, M.D., FACS, FASMBS
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A ] If you’re overweight
and traditional
methods of weight loss
haven’t worked, maybe it’s
time to consider minimally
invasive surgery. Weight
loss surgery can provide
long-term sustained
results for those who
have struggled for years
with dieting. Many people
may fear the seriousness
of surgery, however,
with minimally invasive
techniques, surgery can
be done in as little as one
hour and carries minimal
risks. Weight-loss surgery
can also reverse many
serious health conditions
including diabetes, high-
blood pressure and high
cholesterol. For many
patients, getting over the
fear and shame of being
overweight is the first
step—and often the hardest
part of the decision to
undergo surgery.
At North Jersey
Bariatrics, we also provide
patients with a program
that goes well beyond
the surgery. Since the
surgery is just the first step,
individualized programs are
then tailored for each patient
from the nutritional advice,
exercise lessons, support
groups (both in-person and
online) and one-on-one
monthly check-ups with
myself—not an assistant.
In addition, we have an
on-staff psychologist
who specializes in eating
disorders and free support
groups that meet once a
week at Englewood Hospital
and Palisades Medical
Center, as well as online
support forums for our
patients.
Stefanie Vaimakis, M.D., FACS, FASMBSNorth Jersey Bariatrics309 Engle Street l Suite 1 l Englewood721 Teaneck Road l Teaneck
6045 Kennedy Boulevard l North Bergen201-227-9444 l www.northjerseybariatrics.com
Q] I’ve tried all sorts of weight loss methods, but nothing works.What else is there?
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is a sophisticated
computerized spinal traction
system and, yes, it is very
effective for the treatment
for spinal disc disorders and
sciatica. Today, there are
many different types of spinal
decompression systems. All
successfully create a negative
gravity, or a suction effect, at
the disc level, and all are very
effective in treating low back
pain and sciatica. The most
well known to the public is the
DRX9000.
Newer advancements
have increased the
probability of success
with some of our more
challenging patients. With
some of the newer and
more sophisticated tables,
patients can now be treated
facing upward or downward
while incorporating 54
different body positions. For
example, the 3D Active Track
Decompression system
used here in our office is
one of the few systems that
allow the doctor or physical
therapist to be interactive
during the decompression
session.
The Back Pain Center
was established over one
decade ago and was the
first multi-professional
center consisting of
chiropractors, physical
therapists and medical
doctors to specialize in the
treatment of lower back and
leg pain. The recommended
program for patients with
low back disc related
problems and or sciatica
can vary, depending on the
severity of the disc problem.
However, most patients’
begin to experience relief
within the first five visits.
Alfred Gigante, D.C.The Back Pain Center, LLCSpecializing in Low Back Pain & Sciatica83 Franklin turnpike l Waldwick201-445-1079 l www.thebackpaincenter.com
Q] Recently, I’ve been hearing a lot about spinal decompression for low back pain and sciatica. How does it work? Is it effective and are there different types of spinal decompression systems?
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A ] This fear is actually
more common than
you would think, and until
recently, the only option
was IV sedation—which
most people don’t want
to do either. But last year,
New Jersey approved a
new method of Sedation
Dentistry, and we’re one of
the few offices in the area
that have been certified.
Essentially, the patient is
given medication the night
before to help them relax
and then some nitrous
oxide and medication
under the tongue when
they come to the office the
next morning. The patient
is never put to sleep and
can answer questions, but
there is a residual amnesia
effect so they also don’t
remember anything about
the actual dental work.
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successfully addresses
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Most importantly, Laser
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Q] I’m actually afraid of the dentist, but really need to go. Is there anything you can do?
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A ] Absolutely; getting rid of reading glasses is our specialty! What many people don’t realize, though,
is that laser vision correction is actually more affordable than glasses and contact lenses, and we’re
also offering 24-month, interest-free fi nancing.
The Eye Q Laser used in my offi ce is the fastest in the world, making the treatment extremely easy and
painless. While the entire procedure takes less than 10 minutes, the laser portion is actually only four to fi ve
seconds for each eye, and patients can return to work the next day. I also trademarked the Custom LASIK
procedure which recognizes that each patient has different visual needs, and we have an outcome-
analysis software program that collects data about patients and compares pre-procedure prescriptions
with post-procedure results. Technology and over two decades of experience in LASIK and corneal
procedures have placed me in the top 1% of the country’s laser eye surgeons in terms of best outcomes.
Most importantly, though, our offi ce puts the patient fi rst. The offi ce is designed in a Zen-theme with a
tranquility room and massage chair to put people at ease, and patients are given my cell phone number
to use if they have any questions after a procedure.
Richard A. Norden, M.D., FACS Norden Laser Eye Associates1144 East Ridgewood Avenue l Ridgewood201-444-2442 l www.nordenlasik.com
Q] I can never remember where I put my reading glasses and am really tired of wearing them. Does laser vision correction make sense for someone like me?
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A ] If you have brown or black hair, laser hair
removal is extremely effective. All skin
types can be treated and although treatment
in the summer is possible, it is better to begin
in the cooler months when sun exposure is
minimal. Any hair-growing region can effectively
be treated with body areas spaced at six-to-eight
week intervals and facial areas every four weeks.
Although hair reduction is seen immediately,
several treatments to obtain a more desired
result are usually necessary. Side effects are
minimal, and procedures are completely tolerable.
Unfortunately, technology for removing gray, blond
and red hair does not yet exist.
Laurene DiPasquale, M.D.LaserCosMedix400 Old Hook Road l Suite 1-4 l Westwood201-664-8663 l www.lasercosmedix.com
Q] Laser hair removal is very popular but is it right for me?
A ] In the past, surgery was the only option
to effectively treat the bags and loose
skin under the eyes. Now, we have an excellent
non-surgical alternative. With our trademarked
“Omni Laser Kiss” procedure, we can tighten
and iron out that loose skin under the eyes in
15 minutes. This simple laser procedure can
even lighten those stubborn dark circles. Don’t
waste money on creams that don’t work; come
see me for a free consultation and get ready to
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H. William Song, M.D.Omni Health Professionals, LLC12 Terhune Street l Oakland201-368-3800 l www.omnihealthpro.com
Q] What can I do about this loose skin under my eyes?
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1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
1 tablespoon freshthyme leaves
1 (1-pound) russetpotato
1⁄2 teaspoon salt1⁄4 teaspoon freshly
ground black pepper
1 large egg, beaten to blend
1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour1⁄4 cup shaved Pecorino
Romano cheese
Gnocchi with butter thyme sauceSERVES 4–6
• Cook the butter in a heavy medium skillet over
medium heat until it begins to brown, about 2 min-
utes. Remove from the heat. Add the thyme leaves.
Set aside.
• Pierce the potato all over with a fork. Microwave
the potato until tender, turning once, about 12 min-
utes. Cut the potato in half and scoop the flesh into
a large bowl; discard the skin. Using a fork, mash the
potato well. Mash in the salt and pepper. Mix in 3
tablespoons of the egg; discard the remaining egg.
Sift the flour over the potato mixture and knead just
until blended.
• Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Roll each
piece between your palms and the work surface into
a 1⁄2-inch-diameter rope (about 20 inches long). Cut
the dough into 1-inch pieces. Roll each piece of
dough over a wooden paddle with ridges or over
the tines of a fork to form grooves in the dough.
• Cook the gnocchi in a large pot of boiling salted
water until they rise to the surface, about 1 minute.
Continue cooking until the gnocchi are tender,
about 4 minutes longer. Using a slotted spoon,
transfer the gnocchi to the hot thyme-butter in the
skillet. Toss to coat.
• Spoon the gnocchi and butter sauce into shallow
bowls. Top with the shaved cheese and serve.
CHEAP, VERSATILE AND NUTRITIOUS, THE
PLENTIFUL POTATO IS A WONDER FOOD
This spud’s for you
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THEY’RE THE CULINARY EQUIVALENT OFgreat jeans, a “humble” pleasure that offers instant comfort,goes with almost everything and on occasion can be dressedup to dazzlingly chic effect. But, like stalwart denim, pota-toes get little adulation—despite an impressive history. Firstknown to have grown 12,500 years ago in Chile, the heartycrop became a dependable food for many a culture, from theIncas to Renaissance Italy to 18th-century France. (MarieAntoinette made potatoes couture by wearing their blossomsin her hair.) Today it’s the world’s fourth most prevalent sta-ple crop (behind wheat, corn and rice). And it’s surprisinglynutritious: fat-free, low in calories(about 160 for a medium potato)and a good source of vitamins Cand B6. Its skin, too, containsbountiful nutrients such as fiberand iron, so think twice aboutpeeling. Whether mashed into afluffy heap, baked and garnishedwith the fixin’s, fried into ... well,fries, or transformed into a luxecreation (see recipe), the spud is asource of near unanimous enjoy-ment, beckoning us to indulge. ■
TYPE BEST FOR ... TASTY TIDBIT
Russet(brown skin, white flesh)
mashing, baking,roasting, frying
America’s most popular variety
Red(red skin, white flesh)
boiling, roasting, potato salads
High moisture levels make it bad for mashing
White(tan skin, white flesh)
boiling, roasting, frying Basic but versatile
Yukon Gold (tan skin, yellow flesh)
mashing, baking, roasting Creamy texture and richer flavormake it a good all-purpose potato
Purple (dark skin and flesh)
steaming, baking Somewhat rare in the U.S.;less flavorful than other varieties
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trasts that made the fried artichokesand olives a tad disappointing. A bitgreasy, they caused the frisée they weretossed with to sag under their weight.Still, Levy managed to cull decent fla-vor from the limp components.
His blue cheese gnocchi, on theother hand, was positively burstingwith flavor. I hesitated before orderingthis dish: While the combination ofpotato pasta and braised short ribssounded unique, I worried it would betoo rich. Instead, it turned out to be theevening’s highlight. The dumplings—happily wading in the meat’s intensely
flavored but wonderfully light jus—had a nice, fluffyconsistency and just a hint of blue cheese. And the shortribs themselves ... wow! It’s as if Levy knows the exactpoint at which meat will start melting upon contact withthe tongue. Stewed tomatoes, diced potatoes, cipollinionions and parsley round out the aromatic dish.
Clearly, braising is one of the chef ’s strong suits, asthe veal osso buco delivered the same degree of tender-ness and flavor. The side of wild mushroom polenta,however, was somewhat greasy and the mushrooms woefully faint. And while I appreciated the tiny forkintended for the marrow, my bone was pretty barren.
Delicious pan-seared scallops were presentedlooking almost like sushi: six jumbomollusks aligned on an oblong plate,topped with a tangy cilantro yogurt.With its fruity Moroccan-influencedorzo and curried cucumber relish, thedish offered a pan-Asian punch thatmade each bite extra-memorable.
Desserts are no afterthought atRocca; they’re prepared with thesame care as the savory plates. Thechocolate trio, with its salted choco-late caramel tart, peppermint moussecake and demitasse of hot chocolate,was blissful; likewise, a warm home-made apple strudel (served with agiant scoop of cinnamon ice cream)hit all the right notes. Overall, a singlevisit to Rocca makes one thankful forBergen County’s four seasons—andfour excuses to return. ■
FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLY FOR A 7:30 RESERVA-tion at Rocca, and our table wasn’t ready—no problem;we didn’t expect it to be. The lovely hostess asked us totake a seat in the drafty foyer right inside the door.Within two minutes, she reappeared. “I moved thetables around so you wouldn’t have to wait out here—it’s too cold.”
It was a sweet gesture and, given the evening’sfrigid temps, one we appreciated. Happily, it didn’t takelong to get fully warmed up in this BYO on Glen Rock’smain drag. For one thing, the ambience is charming—while the details don’t call attention to themselves, theumber walls, wooden touches and well-spaced tables aresubliminally inviting. For another,on a Saturday night, there were sat-isfied faces at every table—the kindof cozy touch a designer simplycan’t create.
Plus, chef-owner Craig Levygenerates heat of his own with acombination of classic Italian andinnovative cuisine that changeswith the seasons. We started with anescarole salad made tangy with alemon–olive oil dressing and a fewshaves of Parmigiano. It was tastilyenhanced by the addition of polentacroutons: generously sized crisp-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-insidecubes. All together, the contrastingtextures and flavors made for awell-rounded dish.
Ironically, it was a lack of con-
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Rocca203 Rock Road, Glen Rock, 201-670-
4945; www.roccaitalianrestaurant.com
HoursLUNCH: Tuesday through Friday,
11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
DINNER: Tuesday through Thursday,
5–9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5–10 p.m.;
Sunday and Monday, 5–8 p.m.
What you should know
• Entrées range from $31 to $50
• BYO
• 3-course $13.50 prix fixe dinner,Tuesday through Friday, 5–6 p.m.; 5-course $26.95 house-made pastastasting, every Thursday dinner
• Private parties accommodated
• Reservations suggested
• MasterCard, Visa, AMEX accepted
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LA VECCHIA NAPOLI Traditional southern Italiancuisine. · 2 Hilliard Ave., Edgewater · 201-941-6799
THE RIVER PALM TERRACE Classic steak house. ·1416 River Rd., Edgewater · 201-224-2013
ROBERTO’S II Gourmet Italian. · 936 River Rd.,Edgewater · 201-224-2524
ELMWOOD PARK
TROVATO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT Italian cuisinewith fresh pasta. · 206 Rt. 46 East, Elmwood Park ·201-797-7552
ENGLEWOOD
BAUMGART’S CAFE American and Chinese dishes in a retro ‘50s setting. · 45 E. Palisade Ave.,Englewood · 201-569-6267
BLUE MOON MEXICAN CAFE TraditionalMexican dishes. · 21 E. Palisade Ave., Englewood · 201-541-0600
ENGLEWOOD DINER Salads, Italian specials,steaks. · 54-56 Engle St., Englewood · 201-569-8855
NISI ESTIATORIO Fine Mediterranean cuisine. · 90Grand Ave., Englewood · 201-567-4700
SMOKE CHOPHOUSE Steaks, seafood and cigars.· 36 Engle St., Englewood · 201-541-8530
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS
ASSEMBLY STEAK HOUSE & SEAFOOD GRILL
Classic American steak house. · 495 Sylvan Ave.,Englewood Cliffs · 201-568-2616
CAFE ITALIANO Fine family dining. · 14 SylvanAve., Englewood Cliffs · 201-461-5041
GRISSINI TRATTORIA Elegant Italian eatery. · 484 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Cliffs · 201-568-3535
FAIR LAWN
DAVIA Continental/Italian. · 6-09 Fair Lawn Ave.,Fair Lawn · 201-797-6767
OCEANOS Greek cuisine, seafood. · 2-27 Saddle RiverRd., Fair Lawn · 201-796-0546
RIVARA’S American cuisine. · 6-18 Maple Ave.,Fair Lawn · 201-797-4878
THE RIVER PALM TERRACE Classic steak house. · 41-11 Rt. 4 West, Fair Lawn · 201-703-3500
FAIRVIEW
DON QUIJOTE Spanish cuisine. · 344 BergenBlvd., Fairview · 201-943-3133
FORT LEE
MAHARANI EXPRESS Southern and northernIndian cuisine. · 2151 Lemoine Ave., Fort Lee · 201-585-8226
FRANKLIN LAKES
CHEF’S TABLE French eatery. · 754 Franklin Ave.,Franklin Lakes · 201-891-6644
GARFIELD
CAFÉ TERRANA Casual Italian fare featuringpasta and shellfish. · 499 Midland Ave., Garfield · 973-546-1889
GLEN ROCK
ROCCA Classic Italian and innovative seasonalfare . · 203 Rock Rd., Glen Rock · 201-670-4945
HACKENSACK
BANGKOK GARDEN Traditional Thai cuisine. · 261 Main St., Hackensack · 201-487-2620
THE CROW’S NEST Contemporary Americanfare. · 309 Vincent Ave., Rt. 17 South, Hackensack · 201-342-5445
HARLEY’S IRISH PUB Continental American/Irishfare. · 366 River St., Hackensack · 201-342-4747
MAGGIANO'S LITTLE ITALY Fine Italian fare. · 70 Riverside Sq., Hackensack · 201-221-2030
THE RESTAURANT American eclectic fare. · 160 Prospect Ave., Hackensack · 201-678-1100
RUDY’S RESTAURANT Continental cuisine. · 107 Anderson St., Hackensack · 201-489-4831
THE SEA SHACK RESTAURANT Friendly, casualseafood eatery. · 293 Polifly Rd., Hackensack· 201-489-7232
THE STONY HILL INN Continental fare. · 231Polifly Rd., Hackensack · 201-342-4085
HARRINGTON PARK
DINO’S RESTAURANT Contemporary Italiancuisine. · 12 Tappan Rd., Harrington Park · 201-767-4245
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS
IVY INN Continental cuisine in a romantic set-ting. · 268 Terrace Ave., Hasbrouck Heights · 201-393-7699
HAWORTH
ANDIAMO Eclectic Italian fare. · 23 HardenburghAve., Haworth · 201-384-1551
HAWTHORNE
SABOR LATIN BISTRO Latin fare. · 1060 Goffle Rd.,Hawthorne · 973-238-0800
HILLSDALE
CAFE CAPRI Casual Italian eatery. · 343 Broadway,Hillsdale · 201-664-6422
THE CORNERSTONE American fare, full bar. · 84Broadway, Hillsdale · 201-666-8688
HO-HO-KUS
THE HO-HO-KUS INN Italian continental fare. · 1 Franklin Tpk., Ho-Ho-Kus · 201-445-4115
LITTLE FERRY
MINADO Japanese seafood buffet. · 1 Valley
AIRMONT, N.Y.
CITRUS GRILLE Contemporary American cui-sine. · 430 E. Saddle River Rd., Airmont, N.Y. ·845-352-5533
ALLENDALE
RESTAURANT L Eclectic cuisine. · 9 Franklin Tpk.,Allendale · 201-785-1112
SAVINI Italian cuisine. · 168 W. Crescent Ave.,Allendale · 201-760-3700
CARLSTADT
IL VILLAGGIO Italian dining. · 651 Rt. 17 North,Carlstadt · 201-935-7733
CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y.
JADE VILLAGE Japanese and Chinese cuisine. · 606 South Pascack Rd., Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. ·845-735-1188
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PAULIE’S American/Mediterranean casual dining.· 171 Schraalenburgh Rd., Closter · 201-767-1242
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GRIFFIN’S BAR & EATERY American fare. · 44 E.Madison Ave., Cresskill · 201-541-7575
HANAMI Chinese/Japanese cuisine. · 41 UnionAve., Cresskill · 201-567-8508
UMEYA Japanese cuisine. · 156 Piermont Rd.,Cresskill · 201-816-0511
DUMONT
IL MULINO Northern Italian cuisine featuring seabass. · 132 Veterans Plz., Dumont · 201-384-7767
EAST RUTHERFORD
PARK AND ORCHARD RESTAURANTInternational dishes. · 240 Hackensack St., EastRutherford · 201-939-9292
SORRENTO’S Southern Italian dishes. · 132 ParkAve., East Rutherford · 201-507-0038
EDGEWATER
THE CRAB HOUSE Affordable riverside diningwith Manhattan views. · 541 River Rd.,Edgewater · 201-840-9311
KINARA Northern Indian cuisine. · 880 River Rd.,Edgewater · 201-313-0555
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LYNDHURST
LA CIBELES Spanish continental cuisine, featuringseafood. · 123 Ridge Rd., Lyndhurst · 201-438-9491
MAHWAH
MAHWAH BAR AND GRILL Classic Americanpub. · 2 Island Rd., Mahwah · 201-529-8056
NEW YORK STEAKHOUSE & PUB Casual steakhouse. · 180 Rt. 17 South, Mahwah · 201-529-1806
THE RIVER PALM TERRACE Classic steak house.· 209 Ramapo Valley Rd., Mahwah · 201-529-1111
MONTVALE
THE PORTER HOUSE American steak house. · 125 Kinderkamack Rd., Montvale · 201-307-6300
MOONACHIE
SEGOVIA Spanish cuisine featuring steaks and sea-food. · 150 Moonachie Rd., Moonachie · 201-641-4266
NORTH BERGEN
SABOR LATIN BISTRO Elegant Latin cuisine. · 8809River Rd., North Bergen · 201-943-6366
NORTHVALE
BRADY’S FOX HUNT INN Irish/American classics.· 201 Livingston St., Northvale · 201-784-8047
MADELEINE’S PETIT PARIS Light French cuisine. · 416 Tappan Rd., Northvale · 201-767-0063
NORWOOD
JOSÉ O’REILLY’S PUB & COCINA Irish and Mex-ican fare. · 595 Broadway, Norwood · 201-784-6900
NYACK, N.Y.
LANTERNA Inviting Tuscan kitchen. · 3 SouthBroadway, Nyack, N.Y. · 845-353-8361
TWO SPEAR STREET New American cuisine. · 2 Spear St., Nyack, N.Y. · 845-353-7733
OAKLAND
CAFÉ L’AMORE Continental fare, specializing in Ital-ian. · 455 Ramapo Valley Rd., Oakland · 201-337-5558
PARAMUS
BIAGIO’S Italian/American cuisine. · 299 ParamusRd., Paramus · 201-652-0201
BONEFISH GRILL Polished, casual dining specializingin fresh fish. · 601 From Rd., Paramus · 201-261-2355
CHAKRA Continental fare with Asian influences. · 144 Rt. 4 East, Paramus · 201-556-1530
JOE’S AMERICAN BAR & GRILL Steaks, salads,pizza, more. · 298 Garden State Plaza, Paramus· 201-843-8858
KUMA Japanese, Chinese dishes. · 440 Forest Ave., Paramus · 201-262-0400
PARK RIDGE
ESTY STREET Contemporary American. · 86 SpringValley Rd., Park Ridge · 201-307-1515
THE PARK STEAKHOUSE Dry-aged steaks. · 151Kinderkamack Rd., Park Ridge · 201-930-1300
VALENTINO’S Continental Italian. · 103 Spring ValleyRd., Park Ridge · 201-391-2230
RAMSEY
APOLO’S RESTAURANT Fine continental andMediterranean cuisine. · 61 E. Main St., Ramsey · 201-825-1111
CAFE PANACHE Fine eclectic eatery. · 130 E. MainSt., Ramsey · 201-934-0030
GREEK CITY Greek eatery. · 1300 Rt 17 N., Ramsey· 201-760-2500
VARKA ESTIATORIO Greek cuisine, featuringseafood. · 30 N. Spruce St., Ramsey · 201-995-9333
RIDGEFIELD
GOTHAM CITY DINER American favorites.· 550 Bergen Blvd., Ridgefield · 201-943-5664
RIDGEWOOD
BAZZINI AT 28 OAK STREET Innovative Americanfare. · 28 Oak St., Ridgewood · 201-689-7313
DAILY TREAT RESTAURANT Friendly, casual eatery.· 177 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood · 201-652-9113
LA PIAZZA BISTRO ITALIANO Innovative northern Italian fare. · 29 Chestnut St., Ridgewood· 201-447-5111
L’ARAGOSTA RISTORANTE Creative Italiancusine. · 16 Chestnut St., Ridgewood · 201-444-9499
LATOUR Modern French cuisine. · 6 E. RidgewoodAve., Ridgewood · 201-445-5056
MACMURPHY’S American continental fare. · 8 Godwin Ave., Ridgewood · 201-444-0500
MARCELLO’S AT THE STATION Fine northernItal-ian cuisine. · 8 Wilsey Sq., Ridgewood · 201-652-2120
MARRA’S Italian cuisine. · 16 S. Broad St.,Ridgewood · 201-444-1332
MEDITERRANEO Mediterranean cuisine,including tapas. · 23 North Broad St.,Ridgewood · 201-447-0022
SAKURA-BANA Sushi and traditional Japanesefare. · 43 Franklin Ave., Ridgewood · 201-447-6525
TRATTORIA FRATELLI Northern Italian cuisine.
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VILLAGE GREEN RESTAURANT ContemporaryAmerican cuisine. · 36 Prospect St., Ridgewood · 201-445-2914
WASABI JAPANESE RESTAURANT Japanesecuisine. · 848 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood · 201-493-7575
RIVER VALE
DANIEL American and Italian cuisine. · 625 RiverVale Rd., River Vale · 201-594-1900
RISTORANTE PARADISO Mid-southern Italianfare. · 640 Westwood Ave., River Vale · 201-263-0400
ROCHELLE PARK
NANNI Italian dishes. · 53 W. Passaic St., RochellePark · 201-843-1250
SOUTH CITY GRILL Hip seafood-centric eatery. · 55 Rt. 17 S., Rochelle Park · 201-845-3737
VILLA ROBERTO RISTORANTE Fine Italian cui-sine. · 70 W. Passaic St., Rochelle Park · 201-845-8333
RUTHERFORD
CAFÉ MATISSE Fine Continental cuisine. · 167 ParkAve., Rutherford · 201-935-2995
PAISANO’S Little Italy–style eatery. · 132 Park Ave.,Rutherford · 201-935-5755
RISOTTO HOUSE Northern Italian fare. · 88 ParkAve., Rutherford · 201-438-5344
SADDLE BROOK
GOLDEN PUB Great pub food. · 335 Market St.,Saddle Brook · 201-843-9210
MATSUYA Cozy, elegant Japanese steak house. · 490 Market St., Saddle Brook · 201-843-5811
QUE PASTA Home-style Italian. · 326 Market St.,Saddle Brook · 201-712-1900
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SADDLE RIVER INN Romantic, upscale eatery. · 2 Barnstable Ct., Saddle River, · 201-825-4016
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TEGGIANO Fine Italian food. · 310 Huyler St.,South Hackensack · 201-487-3884
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TEANECKBV TUSCANY RISTORANTE Simple Tuscan cui-sine. · 368 Cedar Ln., Teaneck · 201-287- 0404
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Oakland • Café Matisse, Rutherford • Cafe
Panache, Ramsey • Chakra, Paramus • Davia,
Fair Lawn • Don Quijote, Fairview • Harley’s
Irish Pub, Hackensack • Harvest Bistro & Bar,
Closter • The Ho-Ho-Kus Inn, Ho-Ho-Kus • Ivy
Inn, Hasbrouck Heights • La Cibeles,
Lyndhurst • MacMurphy’s, Ridgewood •
Marcello’s at the Station, Ridgewood •
Marra’s, Ridgewood • Martini Grill, Wood-
Ridge • Rudy’s Restaurant, Hackensack • Sea
Shack, Hackensack • Segovia, Moonachie •
The Stony Hill Inn, Hackensack • Tracey’s,
Little Ferry • Valentino’s, Park Ridge
FRENCH: Chef’s Table, Franklin Lakes •
Latour, Ridgewood • Madeleine’s Petit Paris,
Northvale • Pourquoi Pas, Westwood
ITALIAN: Aldo’s Italian Restaurant, Wyckoff •
Andiamo, Haworth • Brigantino Ristorante,
Wood-Ridge • BV Tuscany Ristorante,
Teaneck • Cafe Capri, Hillsdale • Cafe
Italiano, Englewood Cliffs • Café Terrana,
Garfield • Dino’s Restaurant, Harrington Park
• Granita Grill, Westwood • Grissini Trattoria,
Englewood Cliffs • Il Mulino, Dumont • Il
Portico, Tappan, N.Y. • Il Villaggio, Carlstadt •
Lanterna, Nyack, N.Y. • La Piazza Bistro
Italiano, Ridgewood • L’Aragosta Ristorante,
Ridgewood • La Vechia Napoli, Edgewater •
Maggiano’s Little Italy, Hackensack •
Marcello’s Ristorante, Suffern, N.Y. • Nanni,
Rochelle Park • Paisano’s, Rutherford • Que
Pasta, Saddle Brook • Risotto House,
Rutherford • Ristorante Paradiso, River Vale •
Roberto’s II, Edgewater • Rocca, Glen Rock •
Savini, Allendale • Sorrento’s, East Rutherford
• Teggiano, South Hackensack • Trattoria
Fratelli, Ridgewood • Trovato’s Italian
Restaurant, Elmwood Park • Villa Roberto
Ristorante, Rochelle Park
LATIN: Blue Moon Mexican Cafe, Engle-
wood, Woodcliff Lake, Wyckoff • Sabor
Latin Bistro, Hawthorne, North Bergen
• 3 Chicas, Wyckoff
MULTIETHNIC: Apolo’s Restaurant, Ramsey •
Baumgart’s Cafe, Englewood • Greek City,
Ramsey • Hamsa, Tenafly • José O’Reilly’s
Pub & Cocina, Norwood • Mediterraneo,
Ridgewood • The Melting Pot, Westwood •
Nisi Estiatorio, Englewood • Oceanos, Fair
Lawn • Park and Orchard Restaurant, East
Rutherford • South City Grill, Rochelle Park •
Teaneck Kebab House, Teaneck • Varka
Estiatorio, Ramsey
AMERICAN: Assembly Steak House &
Seafood Grill, Englewood Cliffs • Bacari
Grill, Washington Twp • The Barn, Wyckoff
• Bazzini at 28 Oak Street, Ridgewood •
Biagio’s, Paramus • Bonefish Grill, Paramus
• Brady’s Fox Hunt Inn, Northvale • Chart
House Restaurant, Weehawken • Citrus
Grille, Airmont, N.Y. • The Cornerstone,
Hillsdale • The Crab House, Edgewater •
The Crow’s Nest, Hackensack • Daily Treat
Restaurant, Ridgewood • Daniel, River Vale
• Englewood Diner, Englewood • Esty
Street, Park Ridge • Golden Pub, Saddle
Brook • Gotham City Diner, River Vale •
Griffin’s Bar & Eatery, Cresskil • The Iron
Horse, Westwood • Joe’s American Bar &
Grill, Paramus • Mahwah Bar and Grill,
Mahwah • Nellie’s Place, Waldwick • New
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Park Steakhouse, Park Ridge • Palmer’s
Crossing Restaurant, Tenafly • Paulie’s,
Closter • The Porter House, Montvale •
The Restaurant, Hackensack • Restaurant
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River Palm Terrace, Edgewater, Fair Lawn,
Mahwah • Saddle River Inn, Saddle River •
Smoke Chophouse, Englewood • Two
Spear Street, Nyack, N.Y. • Village Green
Restaurant, Ridgewood • Village Grille,
Tappan, N.Y.• Westwood Diner and
Pancake House, Westwood
ASIAN: Bangkok Garden, Hackensack •
Hanami, Cresskill • Jade Village, Chestnut
Ridge, N.Y. • Kinara, Edgewater • Kuma,
Paramus • Maharani Express, Fort Lee •
Matsuya, Saddle Brook • Minado, Little
Ferry • Sakura-Bana, Ridgewood • Umeya,
Cresskill • Wasabi Japanese Restaurant,
Ridgewood
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TENAFLY
AXIA TAVERNA Stylish Greek eatery. ·18Piermont Rd., Tenafly · 201-569-5999
HAMSA Middle Eastern fare. ·7 West RailroadAve., Tenafly · 201-871-6060
PALMER’S CROSSING RESTAURANT CasualAmeri-can eatery. · 145 Dean Dr., Tenafly · 201-567-4800
WALDWICK
NELLIE’S PLACE Friendly, casual eatery. · 9 FranklinTpk., Waldwick · 201-652-8626
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BACARI GRILL Innovative American fare. · 800Ridgewood Rd., Washington Twp. · 201-358-6330
WEEHAWKEN
CHART HOUSE RESTAURANT Steaks andseafood. · Pier D/T Lincoln Harbor, Weehawken · 201-348-6628
WESTWOOD
GRANITA GRILL Italian cuisine. · 467 Broadway,Westwood · 201-664-9846
HANAMI Chinese and Japanese cuisine. · 301 Center Ave., Westwood · 201-666-8508
THE IRON HORSE All-American pub. · 20 Washington Ave., Westwood · 201-666-9682
THE MELTING POT Fine fondue dining. · 250 Center Ave., Westwood · 201-664-8877
POURQUOI PAS French bistro. · 31 WestwoodAve., Westwood · 201-722-8822
WESTWOOD DINER AND PANCAKE HOUSEBreakfast, lunch and dinner. · 301 Old Hook Rd.,Westwood · 201-664-7455
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BLUE MOON MEXICAN CAFE Mexican dishes.· 42 Kinderkamack Rd., Woodcliff Lake · 201-782-9500
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BRIGANTINO RISTORANTE Italian fare. · 269Hackensack Ave., Wood-Ridge · 201-933-4276
MARTINI GRILL European-inspired dishes andgourmet cocktails. · 187 Hackensack St., Wood-Ridge · 201-939-2000
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ALDO’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT Italian fare. · 393 Franklin Ave., Wyckoff · 201-891-2618
THE BARN All-American family spot. · 359 SicomacAve., Wyckoff · 201-848-0108
BLUE MOON MEXICAN CAFE TraditionalMexican dishes. · 327 Franklin Ave., Wyckoff · 201-891-1331
THE BRICK HOUSE Continental dining. · 179 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff · 201-848-1211
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Current wheels: “A Range Rover.”Ultimate stress-buster: “A long ride onmy Harley-Davidson.”Favorite meal: “Not necessarily a com-plicated one, but one that’s well preparedand presented. Say, a rib eye or Porter-house steak with potatoes gratin or truffled mashed potatoes.”Go-to healthy meal: “Any type of leanfish and steamed vegetables.”Sip of paradise: “I usually like a goodBordeaux such as Chateau Latour orMouton Rothschild. In the summer, PaulGoerg Rosé Champagne.”Local dining: “I like to go to Solaia, myfriend Michel Bittan’s Italian restaurantin Englewood.”Why live in Bergen: “It’s close toManhattan, but has what I believe is a bet-ter quality of life.”
Personal look: “I like to wear Loro Piana andBerluti—sporty casual and chic. And watches thatmatch my outfit, such as Panerai and Audemars Piguet.”Frames of reference: “I have a collection of art fromthe French artist Cyrille Margarit, who works with digi-tal photos projected onto brushed aluminum. Thepieces were on display at my restaurant.”Film favorites: “The Shawshank Redemption, MidnightExpress. And Basic Instinct—I’m a huge Sharon Stone fan.”Must-see TV: “Top Chef on Bravo.”Musical choices: “Jazz, classical and some ’80s pop. Ilike Ray Charles, James Brown and Billy Paul. BillyPaul’s ‘Your Song’ basically became a theme song for myrestaurant. The customers would hear it at least once inan evening.” Quartet of passions: “Besides life and love, cooking,traveling, collecting car memorabilia—and my beautifulSiberian husky, Mr. B.”Travel thrill: “The island of St. Barts in the Caribbean.”On the nightstand: “Car magazines.”Best advice ever: “To treat everyone with equal respectand always to act ethically, personally and professionally.”En famille: “I have a daughter, Jessica, who is 26. Shelives in France, has a boyfriend in the restaurant businessand works for a temp agency that specializes in restau-rants and the hospitality industry. And I am gettingmarried in 2010 and trying to become a father again.”Can’t live without: “The people I love.” ■
Tip of the chapeau: “I’m indebted to chef DanielBoulud for giving me the opportunity to preside over oneof the country’s finest venues for classic French cuisine.He taught me English too.”Cars for a cause: “I always had a passion for cars, anda talent for restoring antique ones. I owned a Ferrari, aPorsche, a Lotus, a Maserati and several American carsfrom the ’50s. But I sold my collection to support myManhattan restaurant, Bruno Jamais, for the last eightmonths prior to its closing on New Year’s Eve, a victimof the economy.”An era’s end: “I’d like to thank the loyal patrons of myestablishment over the past seven years.”Plans for 2010: “Finding myself and my next passion.”The race of life: “Race-car driving is therapy for me, andI love the thrill of speed. Sometimes I race alone, othertimes I take a ‘co-pilot’ who is not afraid to go fast. Thefastest I’ve driven is more than 200 miles an hour—on aPorsche track close to Paris.”
End notes
A CHAT WITH
Bruno Jamais
b y R i t a G u a r n a
THE 49-YEAR-OLD PARISIAN, AN ENGLEWOOD
RESIDENT AND FORMER MAITRE D’ AT
MANHATTAN’S FAMOUS DANIEL, ON CARS,
FOOD AND HOW—DESPITE A SETBACK—
LIFE’S STILL MOVING FULL SPEED AHEAD
Jamais at his
eponymous eatery,
featuring artwork
by Patrick Mimran
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